Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-10

Short Stop-The Wretched Umpir-
 ing of fCanfield-Other Games.
 New Haven six.
 That is good, isn't itg
 Hartford -.
 Whisper it gently, please.
 Hartford thirteen.
 And so it was. The result of yesterdays game turned out badly for the home team. There were about 2, 800 people on the ground the largest that has been there to game yet this season. In the grand stand were many ladies. The New Haven team started of we'll, and consequently got the expectations of the spectators up to high pitch. It was | in the sixth inning that New Haven lost the game. The team seemed to get demoralized ! The makeup of the team was changed Weckbecker, the new catcher, went benin 1 the bat, and Murphy played short stop il place of Donnelly. The change at short stoI did not seem to help matters any, in fact Murphy played 8 pretty poor game. Lauten I bach in this inning muffed a fly which clear
 ly belonged to Leary, but Captain Troy call | ed out for Lautenbach to take it. ! Up to the sixth inning it was @ closet, | contested game with the New Ravens ont | ahead. After this the Hartfords seemed to get onto Lautenbaehs pitching, and the lout | coaching of the Hartfords seemed to mak' ! him at times wild in his delivery. | w 6ChDSCkGE leu 4NoW I1dfOA Ut Iu0 DdG ant Farrell the Hartfords. Every time Week becker went to the bat, excepting once, ht ! made base hit. Farrell made two singles l and home run. Sullivan made two three baggers.
 The New Ravens were first to the bat Troy led off with three-bagger, and Burns singles to left field brought Troy home Burns, in attempting to steal second, wal put out. Then Mellon made a two-bagge1 and the crowd yelled with delight to think the New Ravens were batting Gruber's pitching so well. Crowley flew out to Di vens. Leary made base hit on whict Mellon scored. Brill was thrown out at first In this inning Hartford was blanked
 In the second inning Murphy went out al first. When Weckbecker, the New Ravens new catcher, stepped to the plate he was cheered. The very first ball that came through he hit and made 8 clean base hit Gruber made motion to pitch the ball and Weckbecker started for second. But Grubel made clean balk, and turned around and threw the ball to Farrell. Weckbeckel stopped rnnning at this move and Captain Troy asked Umpire Garfield if it was not g balk. Garfield, to the utter astonishment oi everybody, called Weckbecker out after Brady had touched him with the ball,
 In Hartford's second inning Sullivan started off with three bagger and came home on Hackett's out to Burns.
 In the third inning the interest began to wax warm. Divens was hit by the pitcher and be went to second on Beecher's base hit Then Murphy played neat trick. Johnson batted fly to him at short stop. BotE Divens and Beecher thought of course that he would catch it, but he didn't. He dropped it and then threw it to Troy, who threw it tc Leary, making a double play. Both Divens and Beecher were forced out. Johnson however, got first. Leary fumbled Sulli vans hit, and on a base hit and attempted put out Johnson and Sullivan scored.
 Leary, in the fourth inning for the New Ravens, grasped the willow. bound to hit the ball, for Hartford was now ahead. Ht was hit by the ball, stole to second an6 came home on Murphy's and Weckbecker' fly outs to center and right fields. The score was now even.
 In the next inning Burns made base hit and got away round home on Brady, at first letting ball go by him thrown by Gruber The Hartfords were blanked.
 Crowley led off with base hit in the sixth inning. He got to second and Brill tc first because Farrell lost his head and did not know which way to throw the ball. He could easily have made a double play. Crowley stole third and came home on Weckbecker's base hit.
 But the sixth inning, which is bad one for the New Ravens, was no exception this time. Sullivan made another three bagger. Farrell, the next man to the bat, hit the ball for a home run. Then a passed ball by Murphy gave Hackett his base. Murphy threw Leahy out at first Gruber hit high fly. It was clearly Leary's ball, but Captain Troy called out for Lautenbach to take it. He muffed it and another error by Murphy off Brady's hit and base hit by Divens gave the Hartfords three more runs. This virtually settled the game.
 The New Ravens were blanked in the next inning, while the Hartfords made three runs on an error by Murphy, two singles and two put outs.
 Then in the eighth inning on a base hit, a put out, a wild pitch base hit, hit on balls, 8 steal and passed ball the Hartfords made two more runs.
 The New Ravens made their last run in the last inning. Weckbecker, for the third time, made base hit. He stole to second, and came home on Lautenbach's drive to cen ter field.
 For one thing the game was notable, and that was the utter ignorance of the rules dis played by Umpire Garfield. New Haven did not lose the game on any of his decisions, so that is not the reason we refer to him. As the game progressed Garfield seemed to get more and more into the mire of imbecility. ''TEat man will never umpire another game where Hartford plays," said Manager Daniels of that team. "He don't know how to um- pire game of ball. Both sides are getting it badly" Although Hartford was then five runs ahead, Daniels was Tiled. and rightly. Captain Troy got out the rules, but he could not convince Garfield of anything. It would be most commendable act on the part of somebody if Garfield was relegated back to Bridgeport and made to stay there. He has no business whatever to umpire. He is more successful as scorer than as an um- pire.
 Lautenbach did not show up very we'll in the box, but he shouldn't be blamed for 1t, as iU is quite evident that he is pretty well worked out. He is not an old experienced pitcher and he has done remarkably we'll to hold good the responsibility put on his shoulders since the season opened.
 The following is the score: